In this diptych, migration is depicted through street processions. The parallels between Shiv Baraat parades in India and Jouvay in Trinidad and Tobago are illustrated to illuminate the rituals, characters and iconography of both cultures. The paintings depict space as made and imagined by people through social processes, confronting differences and moving beyond toleration toward acceptance. The road is a stage for the formation of social status within the framework of the local and urban communities, to speak to a larger Afro/Indo-diasporic imagination.

Jouvay - Kambule: Kambule is the Yoruba word for procession. This piece is inspired by the representation of Ogun in the annual street theatre production of Kambule by Idakeda group. Orisha, God of Iron, Ogun, is depicted clearing the path to open the procession of Carnival bands at dawn.

Jouvay - Baraat: Lord Shiva, Hindu God of dance and destruction, is depicted in these night festivals which often simultaneously occur in Trinidad and Tobago.

Acrylic paints & mediums, sand, styrofoam, glass, mirror, glass paint on repurposed television screens, LED reflectors, circuit boards,  puffy fabric paint, gems, glitter, 

Size: 2 pieces each 4ftx8ft

Year: 2024